Run a FAST 3200M

Now that the TSSAA cross country season is over, are any of
you getting ready for post season racing?TN seems to always have a pretty strong group of runners that take the
cross country to the next step this time of year.Foot Locker, Nike Cross nationals, USATF Club
championships, and this year the AAU National championships are close by in
Oakville, Alabama.

Now here's something you may want to consider.Run a 3200M race paced just right to get you
to post a personal best time!Let's
consider this, you are already in shape to run the 5K distance.Maybe you ran the state cross country meet
and felt really good and got a PR on the course.Or maybe you ran it and didn't run as well
and want to make up for that, let's say, less than stellar race!Maybe you didn't make the state meet but are
still training and feel strong enough to tackle eight laps around the
track.

Brentwood High is hosting a 3200M paced runs at the
Brentwood Academy High track on November 19th.So let's see, the AAA boy's winner, D2AA girls
and boys winner, and team winners as well are putting on an event to help any runner
come out and get themselves a fast 3200M time. Not a bad deal at all! They've done this for several years and believe me, what better time to
run a 3200 than while you're in the best shape you can be for a 5K!

Here's how they plan to run this event.There's going to be about 9 heats with each
heat running about 15 minutes apart.Each
heat will have pacers to set out for the first few laps, maybe up to 6 or 7
laps, to help ensure the pace is on target. You'll see some really fast runners with
Brodey Hasty, Taylor Vroon, Titus and Silas Winders, Brenwood Academy athletes,
and several athletes across a wide range of skill levels.

The idea is to have the heats set up as below, but it'll
depend on the runners that come out before the final logistics of this all pan
out.

1) Sub-9:00.

2)
Sub-9:20.

3)
Sub-9:40.

4)
Sub-10:00.

5)
Sub-10:30.

6)
Sub-11:00.

7)
Sub-11:30.

8)
Sub-12:00.

9)
Catch-All Heat.

Live out towards the Knoxville area and don't think you can make
the drive out, well, the Knoxville Youth Athletics will be having a 3200M run
as well on the 18th of November.Heck, you could run both... ok, well, maybe not, but you could if you
wanted!

I've heard so many cross country runners say how hard it is to
train for the sport, so much more than what sprinters do during track
season.They endure the heat, the cold,
the rain, the wind, and all kinds of terrain and weather.So if you feel like you're in shape, and for
whatever reason motivates you, celebrate running and racing and come out and
give it a shot!So - I'm challenging all
you distance runners to get out and let's see how fast you can run!